Creative Commons Licensing¶
Creative Commons is a non-profit organisation dedicated to producing a variety of license texts based on certain features.
Features¶
Creative Commons licenses work on the following features:
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Attribution | Any derivative work must acknowledge the original author. |
| Share Alike | Any derivation work must be distributed under the same terms. |
| No-Derivatives | The work may not be modified. |
| Non-Commercial | The work may be derived, but not for profit. |
Creative Commons licenses can be based on multiple features, for example Attribution and Non-Commercial (CC-BY-SA).
CC0¶
In addition to the Creative Commons license texts based on the previously mentioned features, Creative Commons have their CC0 license - which allows copyright holders to waive any rights they had, and place the work into the public domain.
Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.